The 6th Army Corps is one of three army corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Corps is headquartered in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. It's units are spread across Poltava Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, and Kirovohrad Oblast The Corps was formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union from a redesignation of the former Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army. In 2004, the Corps disbanded 2 brigades (among them, the 52nd Mechanised Brigade in October 2004) and 3 regiments. One brigade and one regiment were added. In 2006, the Corps almost doubled in size.